Alcohol

A modified hydrocarbonmolecule with an oxygen atom placed between
a carbon and hydrogen atom.
Ethanol, shown here, is the best known - the one found in alcoholic drinks. Its
chemical formula is CH 3 CH 2 OH

It is easy to spot an alcohol molecule
because every one has a COH group of atoms. This is also easy to remember as it
is the middle part of the word alCOHol. Easy, that is, if you can spell alcohol
in the first place.

Alcohols are important in the chemical
industry because it is easy to turn them into fats, waxes, detergents, plasticizers, emulsifiers, lubricants, emollients, and
foaming agents.